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Show DONNER MONUMENT ON LINCOLN ROUTE A monument is to be erected upon the shores of Donner lake, near Truckee on the route of the Lincoln highway VJkemoratl,, the ill-fated Donner parti he majority of whose members perished n the Sierra Nevada during their "it tempt to reach California In 47 rhe pioneer homeseekers in tills orean ization met their untimely fate amot within siRlu of their BOal. The nedel MipportiriK the proposed monument is to he 22 feet high the estimated denth of the snow at the time the party w caught In the pass. In constructhie the . monument it Is estimated that ten tons I of bronze will be used, together with lonn sacks of cement and 500 loads of rock ennd and gravel. The cost will be $25 000 |